The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paracatu ( la, Dioecesis Paracatuensis) is a

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located in the city of Paracatu in the

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Montes Claros Montes Claros is a city located in northern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. The population is 413,487 (2020 est.) in an area of . It was made a seat of a municipality in 1831 and attained city status in 1857. History The region was originally in ...

in Brazil.

History

* 1 March 1929: Established as Territorial Prelature of Paracatu from the Diocese of Montes Claros and Diocese of Uberaba * 14 April 1962: Promoted as Diocese of Paracatu

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Prelates of Paracatu (Roman Rite) **Eliseu Van de Weijer,

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† (25 May 1940 - 14 April 1962) Resigned *

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s of Paracatu (Roman rite) **Raimundo Luí, O. Carm. † (11 June 1962 - 20 July 1977) Resigned **

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, O. Carm. (29 March 1979 - 2 April 1985) Appointed, Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco **Leonardo de Miranda Pereira (6 May 1986 - 7 November 2012) Resigned **Jorge Alves Bezerra, S.S.S. (7 November 2012 – present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos, appointed Bishop of Presidente Prudente, São Paulo in 2008

References

GCatholic.org

Diocese website (Portuguese)
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